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Monday Update October 13, 2025
This update is provided to keep you posted on organizational changes and updates. We are issuing this weekly report each Monday that the National Team meets! Information shared can be shared with your teams! Hope you enjoy it. Be sure to read to the end, lots of links and information throughout!!   COS Anniversaries No State Anniversaries October is known for important patents like the ballpoint pen in 1888 and xerography in 1941. Many notable inventors share October birthdays, such as Alfred Nobel, born on October 21, 1833. Famous historical figures like Edison and Ford had impactful patents or trademarks in October.   Mark Meckler's Comments Mark discussed the increased travel schedule for the remainder of the year. He is looking forward to seeing many of you as he moves around the country. As he has been traveling around the country and the world lately, he hears about how Charlie Kirk's death is impacting everyone. Marks is seeing and feeling the impact of this loss but also the change that are occurring as a result! The loss of such a conservative, faith leader for the youth of this country martyred is what many speak about. His reach was growing, his message was resonating, and he was killed for that work! God, Jesus and his faith were an integral part of his message as he spoke. He was martyred for this faith. The growth of the Church is always based on the death of the martyrs and this is no exception. Charlie knew he was taking a risk in what he was saying and doing - he chose to speak boldly and demonstrate the tenets of the faith we hold. As a result of his martyrdom, 130,000 new chapters have sprung up with 360,000 new young people wanting to be a part of sharing the work that Charlie started. People around the world are feeling this awakening and message. The youth who are joining the movement will be the conservative wave needed to bring our country the stability that it needs to be preserved as originally intended. Our role is to fight the fight to prepare the country and the way for them by setting the playing field so they can bring to fruition a country based on self-governance and the spiritual awakening that will preserve it. We are in the right place at the right time - we have the answers, we have the tools that we need, we will be successful in saving our country for these young people to further our work and bring it to full fruition and finish the job!!   Legislative Activity If you have not had the chance to attend a session on “Apologetics” yet, check out this link and get comfortable with the process. Paul Phillips presents the information in an easy to understand presentation that will be so meaningful for you as you address issues with your legislator. Refer to this information frequently and often. Who better to share information with than your legislator? As fall moves into winter, and District Season into Capitol or Legislative season around the country, let's make sure we take advantage of our last District Season days (when you can find your legislator in their offices at home) and get in touch with them and let them know we are here to work with them.   District Captain Activity KUDOS to the Top Most Active DC teams by % in our Regions - Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. All 100% activity! Great Job teams!! District Captain and Volunteer activity is an area we really need to focus on. Those activity/action reports are available to communicate to our donors all the great work each of you are doing out there in the trenches! It only takes a second to file an action report on your phone or computer or go into Citizen Builder and make a note. For those District Captains reading this, we need to strive for 100% activity in Citizen Builder! Remember, an action report will give you activity!   Fun Fact for the Week Ben Franklin bathed without water. - Franklin's unique perspective extended to personal hygiene. He often opted for what he dubbed an “air bath” over a cold water bath, wandering around nude in his quarters for a half-hour each morning while reading or writing.   Social Media Program Let's all help with the new Social Media Program! Watch for your emails Monday thru Friday; check out the Zulip Leaders Organization of the same days; or use the link below. Takes only about 1-3 minutes to carry out the call to action! It has proven to be one of our most effective tools!! **http:%%//%%www.conventionofstates.com/social** As with all new things, a few rules follow - remember: Do NOT tag or message legislators; Do NOT ask others to contact legislators or sign the petition; and Do NOT post on legislator's posts or pages We are getting lots of good feedback from this program, the more who participate, the greater the impact! Let's all get involved!! We have even picked up several very active sites that are following us now and posting about COS. Per Mark Meckler - please tell as many people as possible to participate in the Social Media effort to help us combat negative comments there!   New Happenings! Take the time to look at the new video featuring Michael Rilee - The Michael Rilee Story - The Quiet Strength of a Patriot! You will be inspired and energized!!!! Please Note: The issues created by the bad guys attacking our email system have been fixed. Your Tech Team is working diligently to keep us all up and running with the tools we need readily available. Feel free to use your .us email address now! You can now start using your COS email address with the .us ending. Your COS action email will work but we will be moving toward the .us ending over the next year. Everything else remains the same except for the .us instead of .com! Your old .com address will forward to the new address. If you purchase business cards or any other material with your email address on it, please use the new cosaction.us. Spoiler Alert - you will still need to sign into Citizen Builder with whatever email address you have used in the past!  Zulip News Are you having difficulty getting your teams on Zulip? If you need help, reach out to your RD and they can hook you up with assistance! We have dedicated Grassroots leaders who understand the system available to help get you and your team ready to go. Want to look around on your own? Check this out! Let's get our teammates on so we can make it the great communication tool it can be. We would like to see a more robust participation with this new format. Using the Zulip App is much easier than trying to work in a browser. Help your teams use the platform in the most effective way, have them download the app here: Zulip App. The COS Leaders organization is open and active - if you aren't in yet, jump in, the water and dialogue are great! If you aren't in check with your SD or SIA to get an invite. Zulip COS Leaders organization takes the place of many of the Slack workspaces (such as DC and other leader workspaces). Looking forward to seeing you all on there!   Petition Roundup Note: Our Petition Roundup report is late this week so these are the numbers from last week. Weekly Total: 2389. This is an average of 341 signatures per day (20% below the weekly total average) Top States: 1. KY (10.5%) 2. NJ (8.2%) 3. IN (5.8%) Top Dates: 1. 9/22 (33%) 2. 9/23 (14%) 3. 9/24 (13%) Lots of Fairs and Festivals around the country! Thanks to all of our great grassroots for working so hard!!  Copyright and Image Use Information We need to be diligent in following best practices in terms of use of other peoples' information. In that light, please be sure you communicate that we are seeing increasing violations. Be sure to share this important policy on **Copyright and Image Use** with your teams.   Artificial Information (AI) and YOU! Check out this article/video (don't forget, subject changes weekly) on how to use AI in the workplace. Be safe. Be prudent. Be successful!   The Writers' Desk If you missed the Writers' Desk call on August 19 don't dismay, here is a summary with the link to the recording. The guest was Mark Meckler, who discussed the benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in writing and communicating for COS. You don't want to miss all the exciting insights.   If you missed the September Grassroots Leadership Focus Webinar, check out the recording! Join us tomorrow night, October 14th at 9:00 PM EST for Harvesting Courage! Be sure you register - you will no longer have to register for each session after you register this time!! Hope to see you there!   COS at Home was great with our own Jonathan Viaud and Rick Green of Patriot Academy. If you were unable to attend, don't miss the recording. Mark your calendar for the upcoming event on November 5th at 8:00 PM featuring our own Rita Peters!!  Wondering where that document is located? Wondering how to get someone opted in for COS emails? The answers are there for you in this tool - **Passed States Webpages**.   Citizen Builder Training Check out the Citizen Builder training - Taming the Tech - Unfortunately circumstances dictated that we cancel our September classes but we are back on October 20th and 21st. Come join us! **Register Here** If you have attended the class in the past, you will receive a thank you note not the registration link. If this is the case, just drop an email to [email protected] with your name, email address, phone number and state as well as the class you plan to attend and we will make sure you are notified of the class.  Need some Convention of States Swag? Check our Article V Outfitters for the latest COS swag and sales!! They have a new Charlie Kirk line now as well as other great things. **Check them out! **   Words from our Founding Fathers “The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeable to their consciences, it not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.” – George Washington   We must not, we cannot, let their sacrifice be in vain! |
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